Chagall [antikvár]

Of all the places where the supremacy of the human spirit makes itself felt, there is not one that will serve as a definition of the Biblical Message or that can be compared to it. For Marc Chagall, the Biblical Message is first of all a highly spiritual house. This phrase perhaps sums up the reality of an extraordinary and totally new aeation in the domain of art, culture, and religious fervor. Here, the young and old, men and women of all faiths and philosophies, can find a vibrant answer to their preoccupations; here, at the Biblical Message, the most diverse spiritual activities are gathered together. At a time when a small part of humanity is frantically and uneasily seeking a state of well-being, Marc Chagall wished to create a place of peace, love and hope which could be open to all, a place where a meaning to life might be found. In the preface to the Museum catalogue Chagall writes, ''Since my earliest childhood I was captived by the Bible And although during the course of my life, as my strength has developed, I have sometimes had the impression that I am completely someone else; that I u-'as bom, so- to speak, between heaven and earth; that the world is a vast desert in which my soul prowls like a torch—1 have painted these pictures in the image of that distant dream."